SKHS Graduate Student Andrea Brennan

(snipped) A campus club is
encouraging physicians to scribble a dose of physical activity on their
prescription pads.

By Dominique Delmas, Communications Intern

A group of students is working to encourage doctors to prescribe
physical activity for the treatment and prevention of disease and
illness.

“We want people to recognize how potent of an effect exercise can
have on physical and mental health. Research has shown that if exercise
is prescribed from your doctor, the likelihood that you’ll try and start
a program is much higher,” says Andrea Brennan, co-president of
Exercise is Medicine Canada at Queen’s (EIMC @ Queen’s).